another 'what's this for then...?'

[blurk99]

i'll try to draw on the experience of Alf, or of course anyone else...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 68175&rd=1

how does that one work?

cheers

jim

 

[Alf]

Yep, definitely a wotsit...

<Reeeeach, pull, thump, leaf through pages, beading tool, see router, riffle, riffle, too far, back a bit, ah-ha!>

Coachbuilder's Router. Jigger (Side Router)
The cutters are parallel to the sole, and carried in a metal housing. The single-iron type has two hooked cutting edges fixed with two screws; the double iron (London pattern) has two separate plain cutters set at 45°, secured with thin metal wedges. Used for cutting glazing or panel grooves in frames and pillars. It began to replace the Pistol Router in the mid-nineteenth century.

I think I can see how it works, but explaining it is beyond me...

Cheers, Alf

 

[Chris Knight]

Coach building seems to have required all sorts of weird and wonderful tools for some reason. All the curves I guess?